Biographies

Mr. Geoffrey M. T. Howe is Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Plc. Geoffrey Howe was appointed a Non-Executive Director in January 2002 and became Joint Deputy Chairman in November 2004. He was appointed Chairman in April 2006 and is Chairman of the Nominations Committee. Geoffrey is the senior independent director of Close Brothers. He was formerly chairman of Nationwide Building Society, chairman of Railtrack Group plc, a director of Investec plc, a director and general counsel of Robert Fleming Holdings and managing partner of Clifford Chance.

Mr. Dominic J. Burke serves as Group Chief Executive, Executive Director of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Plc. Dominic Burke joined Jardine Lloyd Thompson in 2000, as the Chief Executive Officer of JLT’s UK Retail and Employee Benefits business, following JLT’s acquisition of his business, Burke Ford. He was appointed a Director and Chief Operating Officer of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc in January 2005 and was appointed Group Chief Executive in December 2005.

Mr. Mark Drummond Brady is Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer of Latin America and Chairman of JLT Canada, Executive Director of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Plc. was appointed a Director of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc in March 2011 and became the Deputy Group CEO in September 2014. Mark is also a member of the Group Executive Committee. Mark has been with JLT since 1987 and has held a number of senior posts in the Group and was the Group’s International Chairman of Risk & Insurance until September 2014. In February 2017, Mark became CEO of JLT Latin America and Chairman of JLT Canada.

Mr. Adam Phillip Keswick is Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Company. He was appointed a Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman on 1 September 2016. He is a member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees. Adam joined the Jardine Matheson Group in 2001 before being appointed to the Board in 2007. He was deputy managing director of Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited from 2012 to 2016, and became chairman of Matheson & Co. in 2016. He is also a director of Dairy Farm, Hongkong Land, Jardine Strategic, Mandarin Oriental and Ferrari, and a supervisory board member of Rothschild & Co. He is a director of the Yabuli China Entrepreneurs Forum.

Mr. Charles Rozes serves as Group Finance Director, Executive Director of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. Charles joined Jardine Lloyd Thompson on 1 September 2015 as Group Finance Director. He is a member of the Group Executive Committee. He is also a Director of JLT India and a member of its Audit & Risk Committee. He joined the Group from Barclays where, since 2011, he had held the role of global head of investor relations. Prior to that, he was chief financial officer of Barclays UK Retail and Business Banking. Charles has also held senior roles at Bank of America, IBM and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Ms. Lucy Clarke is Global Chief Executive Officer - JLT Specialty of the Company. Lucy has worked within the insurance industry for over 25 years in the London market. Having joined JLT in 2002, Lucy is responsible for delivering the JLT Specialty strategy working closely with Paul Knowles, CEO of JLT Specialty. As Deputy CEO, Lucy also leads JLT’s Energy and Marine teams. Lucy become Global CEO of JLT Specialty from 1 April 2018.

Mr. Adrian Girling serves as Chairman of JLT Specialty Limited, a subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Plc. Adrian is Chairman of JLT Specialty Limited, along with JLT Ireland Limited. Adrian has been with JLT for 40 years, focusing predominantly on corporate insurance and working with larger UK and international companies. He was previously CEO of Jardine Lloyd Thompson UK Limited for some 16 years, and assumed additional responsibility for our European retail business in 2007 and our Canada business in 2009.

Mr. Nick Harris is Chief Executive Officer - JLT Australia and New Zealand of the Company. Nick joined JLT in London in 2008, later transferring to the Australian operation in 2010 to establish a People Risk business in the region. Nick became CEO of JLT Australia & New Zealand and joined the GEC in January 2018. He remains Chairman of Benefit Solutions Australia.

Mr. Ross Howard serves as Executive Chairman, JLT Re of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group PLC. Ross joined JLT in November 2013 on completion of the acquisition of Towers Watson Re and joined the GEC in January 2014. Ross was formerly the global leader of Towers Watson’s reinsurance business. He has over 35 years’ experience in the industry.

Mr. Paul K. Knowles serves as Chief Executive Officer of JLT Specialty of the company. Paul was appointed CEO of JLT Specialty and joined the GEC in January 2016. He has been with JLT for more than 20 years and has held a number of senior roles, including leading the Construction and Real Estate business and JLT Specialty’s Major Corporate business.

Mr. Mike T. Reynolds serves as Global Chief Executive Officer of JLT Re, JLT Insurance Management of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group PLC. Mike joined JLT in November 2012 as Group Finance Director, before his appointment as Global CEO, JLT Re in September 2014. Mike has worked in a number of senior finance roles in the insurance industry including as CFO of ACE European Group Limited and Aon Benfield. From 28 February 2017 Mike also assumed responsibility for JLT Insurance Management.

Mr. Mike Rice, Jr., is Executive Chairman - JLT Specialty USA of the Company. Mike joined the Group in August 2014 as the CEO of US Specialty, responsible for overseeing JLT's US Specialty operations and expansion. He joined the GEC in May 2016. Prior to joining JLT, Mike held several senior positions within Aon over a 25 year career. With effect from 26 February 2018, Mike became Executive Chairman of US Specialty to focus on M&A and to continue to play a leading role in driving new business development.

Mr. Dominic Samengo-Turner serves as Chief Executive Officer - JLT Asia of the Company. Dominic joined JLT and the GEC on 9 February 2015 and was appointed CEO of JLT Asia in May 2015. Dominic joined the Group from Willis, where he spent 20 years, most recently as Co-Chief Executive of Global Specialties and a director of Willis Limited.

Mr. Bala Viswanathan is Chief Executive Officer - JLT UK & Ireland Employee Benefits, International Chairman of Employee Benefits of the company. Bala joined the JLT Group in 2006 as CEO of its operations in India. In April 2014 he was appointed Group COO based in London and joined the GEC at the same time. In October 2015 Bala became CEO of the UK & Ireland Employee Benefits business and in February 2017 he became International Chairman of Employee Benefits.

Mr. Michael Peter (Mike) Methley serves as Group Chief Operating Officer of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Plc. Mike joined JLT in 1994. He has been a member of the GEC since 2010. He was CEO of JLT Latin America from 2013 to 2017 and Chairman of JLT Canada and JLT Insurance Management from 2014 to 2017. Mike was previously Managing Director of JLT Asia. Mike was appointed Group Chief Operating Officer in February 2017.

Mr. Keith Johnson serves as Group General Counsel of the Company. Keith was appointed as General Counsel for the JLT Group in August 2014 and joined the GEC at the same time. He was formerly a partner of Linklaters, with more than 20 years’ corporate and management experience in the UK, Sweden and Asia.

Mr. William J. N. Nabarro is Special Adviser to the Group Chief Executive of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. William rejoined JLT in early 2016 and became a member of the GEC in May 2016. He previously worked for JLT between 2003 and 2010 in a range of senior roles, including as a plc Director and Executive Chairman of Employee Benefits. Prior to this he worked as a merchant banker with Hambros Bank and Lazards and he was also, for many years, a non-executive director of ICAP Plc, the wholesale money and securities group.

Lord James Sassoon serves as Non-Executive Director of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group PLC. He joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in April 2013. He is a member of the Audit & Risk, Remuneration and Nominations Committees. He began his career at KPMG, before joining S.G. Warburg (later UBS Warburg) in 1985. From 2002 to 2006 he was in the United Kingdom Treasury as a civil servant, wher e he had responsibility for financial services and enterprise policy. Following this, he chaired the Financial Action Task Force; and conducted a review of the UK’s system of financial regulation. From 2010 to 2013 Lord Sassoon was the first Commer cial Secretary to the Treasury. He is also a director of Jardine Matheson Holdings, Matheson & Co., Dairy Farm, Hongkong Land and Mandarin Oriental. He is chairman of the China-Britain Business Council and a trustee of the British Museum.

Ms. Annette Elizabeth Court is Senior Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company., since October 3, 2017. She was appointed a Non-Executive Director in August 2012. She is a member of the Audit & Risk, Remuneration and Nominations Committees. Annette was appointed as Senior Independent Director on 3 October 2017. Annette has extensive insurance industry experience. Annette was appointed as a non-executive director of Admiral Group plc in 2012 and became its chairman on 26 April 2017. Between 2007 and 2010 she was chief executive officer, Europe General Insurance for Zurich Financial Services and a member of the group executive committee. She is a former chief executive officer of RBS Insurance, the insurance division of RBS Group which owned the Direct Line and Churchill brands. In the role she was also a member of the RBS group executive management committee. Annette was a non-executive director of Foxtons Group plc until May 2017 and has previously served as a member of the board of the ABI.

Mr. Andrew Didham is Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company., since October 2, 2017. was appointed a Non-Executive Director on 2 October 2017 and Chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee on 3 October 2017. Andrew is also a member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees. Andrew has been a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee at Shawbrook Group plc since February 2017. He has been a non-executive director of Charles Stanley Group plc since September 2015, where he is also senior independent director, chairman of the risk committee and a member of the nominations, audit and remuneration committees. Andrew was previously group finance director of Rothschild, the international investment banking group, from 1997 to 2012. He became an executive vice chairman of Rothschild in 2012 and remains a director of NM Rothschild & Sons, the UK business of the Rothschild group. Andrew is a Chartered Accountant and before joining Rothschild he spent 18 years at KPMG/Thomson McLintock, including as a partner. His experience includes audit responsibility for a number of global financial institutions, assignments on behalf of the Bank of England and the EU, and extensive dealings with regulatory authorities in the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA.

Mr. Richard H. Meddings is Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company., since October 2, 2017. Richard was appointed a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee on 2 October 2017 and is also member of the Audit & Risk and Nominations Committees. Richard has been a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Deutsche Bank AG since October 2015 and has been a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of HM Treasury since July 2014. In addition, Richard was appointed as a non-executive director of TSB Banking Group plc in September 2017 and chairman as of February 2018. Richard also serves as a trustee of Teach First. Richard was previously a non-executive director of Legal & General Group plc and chairman of the group risk committee from December 2014 to May 2017. He was also a non-executive director of 3i Group plc from September 2008 to July 2014 and chair of the audit and risk committee (and from 2010 to 2014 was senior independent director). Richard held executive management roles at Standard Chartered plc from 2002 to 2014, as group executive director, risk & control from 2002 to 2005 and as group finance director from 2006 to 2014. Prior to joining Standard Chartered, Richard spent nearly 20 years in a range of senior roles in the financial services sector. Richard is a Chartered Accountant. He is a member of the governing body of the International Chamber of Commerce UK and a member of the Financial Reporting Review Panel.

Ms. Lynne M. Peacock has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company., with effect from 1 May 2018. Lynne is a Non-Executive Director of Standard Life Aberdeen plc, where she is a member of its Nomination and Governance Committee and Chairman of Standard Life Assurance Limited. Lynne will step down from her positions at Standard Life in May 2018, after having served a six year-term on the main Board. Lynne has been a Non-Executive Director of Nationwide Building Society since 2011, where she is Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee. She has been a Non-Executive Director of Serco Group plc since July 2017, where she chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Audit and Nominations Committees. Previously, Lynne was Chief Executive Officer, UK of National Australia Bank Limited (Clydesdale Bank plc and Yorkshire Bank) from 2004 to 2011. Prior to that, Lynne held a range of senior management roles at Woolwich plc from 1983 to 2000 and was its Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2003.

Mr. Nicholas C. (Nic) Walsh serves as Independent Non-Executive Director of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Plc. He joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in October 2014. He is a member of the Audit & Risk, Remuneration and Nominations Committees. He has held a variety of underwriting, distribution and senior management roles in the insurance industry, with a career of 42 years with American International Group, Inc. (AIG). His most recent roles were vice chairman of AIG Property & Casualty Inc. and chairman of AIG Europe Limited and AIG Asia Pacific Insurance Pte. Ltd. Prior to this he was pr esident and CEO of American International Underwriters. Nicholas is an adviser to Norton Rose Fulbright.

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